Type-setting machine.



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TYPE SETTING MACHINE. i

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PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

A. DOW. TYPE SETTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY`2,`19`02. RBNBwEnooT. 23, 1905.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY-2,1902. RENE-WED 00T.23, 1905.

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TYPE SETTING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULYZ, 1902. b.RENEWED 00T. 23, 19075.

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A. DOW. TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE. l APPLICATION v4I-ILIID JULY 2, 1902-. BEIIJWED 00T. 23, 1905 12 SHEETS-SHEET 10.

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A; DOW. TYPE SETTING MAGHINE.- PPLIOATIOI FILED JULYR, 1902. BELIEVE!) 00T. 23, 1905.

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l .naar .Maintain UNITED srnrns Paritair OFFICE ALEXANDERDOW, or Y.

TYPE-shrine. MAciliiNi-z.

To cil/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Dow, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Park Row Building, city of New York, 'and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Machines, of which the followin is a specification.

/Iy invention relates to that class of machines known as composingemaehinesg and, broadly, it relates to a machine wherein movable printers type, matrices, or other suitable devices are set in a line, and it is immaterial for the scope of this invention what is done witha line after it has been so set. If movable printers type be used, the same may be transferred to a justifying,` mechanism or be justified by hand. .lf matricesl be used, the same may be transferred to any suitable type-eastinfr or line-casting inecin anism.

In the following specification and claims I shall use the term typeg but I desire to have. it understood that by this term I mean to include matrices or any other charactercarryingcr character-forming device that might be used in connection with Vmy machine.

The machine sh own in this application is of the saine general type as that shown in my prior patent, No. 637,858, November 2S, 1899, andlias many features in eominontherewith. For instance, each machine has two type-cases. y each type-case there is araceway onto which type are ejected from the channels in the cases and by means of reciprocating drivers are swept along the raceways to a receiving channel which is located betweeiithe adjacent of the raceways, the type being forced into the receiving-channel by a reciprocat- Furthermore, there is located immediately above each raceway a friction-bar which bears on the type as the type are swept along the raceway, tlie friction-bar being raised by a forcer -a distance corresponding to the width of the-type which is ejected byf'ra forcer, so that the frictionebar is raised varying distances for the various widths of type. There are many other points of similarity between the machines which it is not believed necessary to specif ieally point out at this time. I

More specifically, my invention relates to that class of,composinganachines'shown in my priorpatent, and while I have shown my Specification of Letters geteilt. v Application .met my z, i902'. Renewed cette is. i905. serai No. 234,083.

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improvements as embodied in a machine constructed on the lines of; my prior patent rei ferred to it is tobe understood that I am not to be limited to the use of my improvements other machine in which t ey may be found desirable.

The .object of my invention is to improve the mechanism shown and described in m prior patent so that it will operate wit more certainty, more rapidly, and more easily than heretofore.

With these ends in view my invention connecessary to depress a key. Y y

Another feature of my invention is in so forcer to its shaft thatthe cam will be reabnormal resistance.

Another feature of my` invention is an improvement in the guides for the type-forcers and the means for mountin them.

slices with the type-drivers, whereby should the shoes meet with abnormal resistance they will be released from the drivers.

type over ythe assembling-channel.

receiving,r throat. o

Another is in what I term the comi-i, through which the type pass and by which theyare guided from' the cases to-the raceway, and also in the means for mounting this comb. l

Another is in the improvements in the means for shifting the connections between the keys and the type-forcers, whereby the connections can be shifted so that the kevs ,will operate to eject type from any one ,o a plurality of channels.

Another is inthe means forforcing the type forward over the raceway while the type are being 'swept along the raceway to a position wliere they may be depressed into the type-receiving channel.

sists in 'various details of construction, one of which is that the typeffcrcers are not actu@ By so doing I have been enabled to reduce the distance which the key must be depressed very mate-k rially andralso to greatlyflessen the power Another is in the means or connecting the l Another is in the construction of the type in connection with such form of machine, as they are equally well ada ted to use inanyv securing the wing-cam which drives the typeleased from the shaft when the cani meets Another is in the dogs which position the Cio The iiivontioii. also consiste in other detailsoi: eonetiiiotion, which'. xviii be iiiei speeiiiooliy tlieii pointed oui in the olii-ima.

leieiiiiig 'to tlie drew/irme, wli ei'eiii like ref oieiieeaiioiiiieiiiisiused to designate the Some port Whei'evei it occurs, Figure 1 is si. i. ont elevation oi e type-setting machine embodying m'f invention. Fi 2 is s. plan View theieoiifit' the type-owes in horizontal seotiio 'mit by. ple-zie above the other mechan- E'. @sectional View taken on line ,15522; e'foebeing shown iii its iiorma.' L eniioi. Fig. 4; ie i View similar to Fig. 3.,' showing o. ioioe' at the limit of its forward nioveiient mid siio eliowingin' dotted lines two positions of the forcer-that is, at its iiormssipoeition and" the' position it assumes ofte? itliee been reieased'iiiid given its initial movement'. Fig. 5 is e. resti' elevation with some puo-fte iii-Mien away and some parts omitted to moi'e 'oieeilyshow the construe'- tioii. Fig.A 6 shows the position su forcer :issumesiviien tiio ieiir oiid of the Aoi'eei' sind the @im make what' isv teiiiied a. shaun Fig, 'Fis View, peftly iii hoi'iiioiitsil 'Sectiony sliowi'iig'tiie wiii'g-efims iiiid the means for eooiii'iiig''liem. to the shiiit and the safety device .iywhicrii they may be'releiisedwlien they moet abnormal 'fesietmice, the parts. beiiig eliomi in tiieiriiormiil;position. Fig. 8 is orviowlsliowiii one oi'tlie Wiiig-^cains-re leased. romthes mit. Fig. 'is u Sectional view'offoiie'ofitlie wiifigoams'and its shaft,

shoiifiiiigtiie" jositiorioi the ofims'wlien one oi" them has yieided mid also showin-si foioer'inA ie yieldingl the' position Wliioii' necessitates t of' the oem. Fi, l0 is ii'rem' View of the' 'iei'tsi'eiiowii innig. 9. Fig: lli'isi afverticzii .iiufigitiidiiiill section of tlie isolated parts, showing a. sliiftingeleveiw' Fig; 2: si. ijeiii' peispeotive'view of la detail. peitiy Iiii section, on' line' 1212 of Fig. 11, sliiowirig the device iorsliiitizig the kefw'fodlii'om'oiie forcer to another. Fig. 13 is zi. reali/detail View taken oiiiirie'i 13 of Fig; 1i'. Fig: 14 is a. plan View of Fig. ll'witli some parts broken away imdeome'piii'ts omitted, the type-cases being iii section. Fig, l5 is e fiioit View of the i'iieoiifey' mid type-drivers; Fig. 16 e front oi one oil' tlx'e' typeediiveis sind its slioe wlieiiiii their iioiiiizi-l position. Fig. 17 is o 'iiiiiiiview of 'the tjiq'ie-di'iveit iiiid shoe, showiiig die Shoo disengaged from tlie driver; Fig. i8' is'sm eiid View ofthe driver sind slioe. Fig; wie o. plimview oi t'lieshoe detached; Fig. fOii'i eiioiit elevation of the raoeway with the .iiiotioilboi"'i'emov'ed' to show the guide` lisii'; Fig.' is sr plmi View of the raceway midlgiiide-bai", Section;-

Fig: 22 1s e. transverse sectional f of tuetype-giiido bei; Fig. 231s ii front elevation.. piiitly' iii seotioniy showing thepuits sixifiouiidii'ig Fig. 24. ie 2i vaitionl assembling-channel.

the typef'cses being shown iii I Y www i opiii'ts shown in Fig. 2?., tsilieii on liiio .siliowiiigsonfio parte iii iiill. Fig. is iiV i tical longitudinal Sectioiiof the ports sur 'rounding the typeoeeeiiililiiig oliiiiiiiel, showing one type iii the cliiiiiiiel. i"igf. 2&3 is o.. similar View to Fig. 25, i-iliowiiili: o. iiiiiiiliei ol type in the essaimbliiigwliniiiiel iiiid prima iii correspondin(y position. Fig. is :i full View of the lef l'iiiiid well ol tliv ii =iiililiiig channel, s'iioiv'iiig tl'ie similar iii im iioriiuil position. Fig. is :i pliiii View of :i puri. of the i'zieewfiy fiiid. dogs, sli'owiiiy the dopi'ossoi iii section.v is :.i. peiisiiooiivo view oi" one of tlio dogs. Fig. 30 is .'iy vertical transverse section of the lirieiioiieliizi, oiio of flic dogs, and alie lower @iid of tlio supporting post, which supports the friction-limi* mid dog and wliioli iilso carriere' iii iis eiid ai. springpressed pin foi` depiossiiig tlio dog. Fig, .'llf is si. plan View of tlie parte of' the iiioeivii. \j surrounding tlie fisseiiililiiiiyeliauinel, showing tlie cam-pleito for :iliiiiiig tlie type.

1 is the base oi the iiiarcliiiie, :ind 12 2 :iro upriglits extending' up from tlie liiiso l, iiiid on these upriglits the Various parte of tlio meohanisiii iii'e mounted.

3 is the moin li'ivingslizift, wliieli is journaled in tlio bearings 4 4 in the iipi'iglits 2 2.

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.vided with tiio conical Sockets l() l() ou oiioli' `side tliei'oof. The iifiiigciiiiis or driving? blades siro seein-od, by iiioiiiis ol` screws .ll l1, to tlio poiis o'l Collzifi's l2 l2, which iiio loose on tlie Shaft Mounted iii tlio inner one of each of the tlio pins 13 13, located piiiiillol to tlio axis of fthe sliaift and lield iii position liy tlie screws 14 14. 'Fliese pins lizivetzipoied oiidsi and .fire adapted to eiigiigo the sockets 10 iii the` oolliii" Sl 'vvliioli iro opposite tlioiii. 'llioso pins are yieldiiigtiY lwld in lulio Sockoie by means of springe i5 l5, bearing against tlioi rear ende, the springs I 5 being licld iii position by momie of suitable screws, as shown. .lli'om ythis construction it. will lie seen that slioiild one ofthe Wing-coms or d ri ving-bl fides strike' en obstruction oil'eiing siillicieiit resistance `the pine -13 will be ooiiimed out of the sockets 10, and ooiieeciiiently the bliide will be loosed from its driving shaft roi" si' revolution.

For convenience of iiissembliiig the shaft 3 is made iii sections transverse iieotion oftlie ,Quid tlie sections ire united by ineens of u.

5 is :i bracket extending out lioiii one of' pairs of.' oolliirS l2 More' ooineotion with the' iiiiiiii' ses, 957

coupling consisting of a collar 16 and pins 17 17, Which pass through holes in the collar and in the abutting ends of the Sections of the shaft. The collar 16 also serves'to prevent.

l longitudinal movement of the collars 12 12,

. which carry the wingcams.

` 18 designates the forcers, to which are cennected the'forcer.tips.19the connection be ing formed by a notch 20, cut in the forcerxo gip, and the projection 21 on the forcer adaptto-it inthe notch. Each forcer 1s also provided'with a notch 22, which is adapted to be engaged described.

x5` 23 isa concave depression m the upper surface of. the forcer at the vrear end which .that point, the pui ose of which will be here- Ineets the-.surface of the rear end ofthe forcer at an `acute angle, making a knife-edge at zo inafter stated. 1T is concave surface when forcer.

the forcer is in its nor'ma-l position allows the wing-cam When it 1s rotating to clear the 24 is a shoulder on the lower edge of the forcer, which is adapted to be engaged by the forcer-return levers 25, which will be .hereinafter more' specifically described.

` 26 'indicates the type-cases, which may be of any desirable construction and mounted 3o in any desired way. 'Preferably and as shown these cases are mounted and handled by the mechanism fully described and claim ed in my application, vSerial No. 114,154, filed July 2, 1902, and I hereby refer to said application for a description 'of the construction y of the caseend case-handling mechanism.

27, (see,'Fig. 14)` is a guide .for thel 'forcertips 19,` which' move back and forth through the guide and through suitable. openings' in to the bottom of the type-cases toforce the lowermost type vfrom the cases on to the race- Ways'28.

30 is a bar which extends transversely the frame of the machine from 31 81 are two brackets secured to the bar SOand in each one of which one-half of the locks 29 are mounted in suitable ways cut'in the' brackets. The locks 29 are each prolr5o vided with an enlarged head 200 and a proje'cting lug 201, projecting from the side of the lock some. distance back `from its lower end, as best shown in Fig. 13.

-202 re resents lugscarried by the brackets 31,whic form the upper portion of the wa s for the lug to reciprocate in and also for tA e .shoulders 200 to come in contact with to A limit their downward movement.

203 represents a secondy set vot lugs, also,

`6o carried by the brackets, and forms' 'des at mounted the-:brackets These `pins by a lock 29 to be hereinafter frame to frame v45 and secured'at its en d to the frames 2.

rest on the heads 200 ot the locks, and each pin is pressed down by means of a spring 33 held betweenv the collars 34 on the pins and the ltop of the guiding-brackets 35. These guiding-brackets are secured at their ends to the uprights 36, mounted 'on the brackets 31. The lower edge of the projecting lugs 201 lon each" of the locks forms a shoulder which engages the upper surface of the forcer and drops into the notch 22 in the upper surface to lock the forcer. The lower end 37 of each of the locks passes down between the forcers and stands over the rods 38, which are held upright and guided by means of suitable guides 39.

40 designates the key-levers, which are pivoted at 41 with the rear end o" each lever directly under one of the\rods 38. The rear ends of the levers and the lower ends of the rods 38 are guidcdby suitable guides 42. It

will be seenthat by this construction upon a very slight depression of ya key a rod will be raised, which will raise the shoulder on the projecting lock 201 of'eorresponding lock 29 out of a torcer 22 and allow the forcer to be given its initial movement by.n'iechanism which will be presently described.

204 is a cross-brace secured to the 'side frames 2 2 at its end, Aand on it are mounted three'mechanisms-namely, the devices for giving the initial movement to the orcers, the devices for returnin the forcers, and the devices for guiding the orccrs.

43 indicates what I term the initie-Innovement levers. These levers are in the form of bell-cranks and are mounted on the stationary shafts 44 44, which are su ported in brackets 205, secured to the cross-brace 204, theI levers 43 being separated by washers 45. These levers are each provided -With'a head 46, each ofwhich is adapted to come in contact with the rear end oi a forcer.

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suitable 47' represents a series of springs, one for each lever, one end of which is secured to a projecting arm 48 ofthe initial-movement ever andthe other end of which is secured to plates 49. -The ends ofthe plates 49 are each guided in ways 50 in. thelower ends Aofthe rackets 205, through which theyproject into recesses in the brackets, where they engage heads 51 of the setscrews 52, mounted 1n the recesses, whereby the blades mav be moved toward or away from the levers th increase or diminish the tension of the springs 47, as may be desired. l i

53 53 are two segmental brackets secured. to the inner faces of the side frames site each other, and these brackets are pro-- 'vided with curved slots 54, the brackets' being pivoted to the sides of the frames by screws 55. By means of the screws 206 206, which pass through thevcurved slots 54 54, the inclination of these brackets may be varied as desired, .the curve of the slots being concentric with the pivots 55 to allow this 2 oppol 2 5 foroers may be given their initial movement and look and the'rod Which.eo11neetstl1e key adii'lstnaen'. Seemed to the inner faces of The uppereurfaoe ofeaoli forcer-guide inspretlaese brackets are :lm-shaped supports/56, and vided with a longitudinal groove in wliioh Arestingin the l.-shaped supports is a ensliion forcer is reciprocating. The object of having ber 57, preferably covered with rubber or the guides spring-1nountedis to prevent 5 other resilient material 58, This covered breaking the mechanism should the edge of 7o loa-r 'forms ay resilis-snt oufJ ion, agzzolnmJ which. one of the wing-Cams strike squarely upon alle initialdnoveinent levers strike when the the rear edge olt a foroer-blade in the manner oroers are returned to their normal position. indicated in Fig. l?. vWhen this. occurs, as The forcer-return .levers are in lthe iorin of will lie clearly seen by reference to this ligure,

ro bell-cranks which are loosel)Y mounted on lille the rear end ol the forcer pressed downlaod g5 slialts 59 k59, eaeli shaft being mounted in the forward end of the forcer raised, when bran-lieta 207, secured to the front side of the ordinarilyr the wing-Cain will clear the forear. cross-har 204. The levers 25 are each proflli, however, the parte should corneille/011mm, vided with ay head, 60, and. preferably this in suoli a way that the svingoain cannot get 5 .head is of' 'suoli a width as to engage a pluby the forcer or get l'iehind the seme, then 3o rality of foroere. the wing-oom will slip on its shaft, as shown 61 61 are cushion-hars mounted in open in Figs. S and 9. supports on .the npperends ol lne brackets As 1n composition type lrom sommlf )the 207, the loarslveinig' preferably covered with channels are used oftenel than type i im zo rubber or other suitable material 612 to forni others, so vthat the charge ol" one channel ie 85 a Cushion for the return-levers L25. The reexhausted more rapidly than others, l have turndevers normally restawainst these oushdevised a means whereby type' of homme ion-bars, with the heads oi' the levers away kind inalilne placed in apluralitjyfof channels, from the shoulders 24 ol" the ioroors, so that each of the said cl'iannelshavingilvs own forcer by the levers 43 Without the slmnlders 24 with the look being so constructed that it making Contact with the return-lovers. may he shifted romgone look tof another, 63 represents arins ol' the return-levers 25, whereby when ythe type in one olioni'iel to which are scoured springs (le, the other exhausted by simply shifting the iroda new 3o ends of these springs being sernrod lo platos Channel containing' the saine kind nl type as Q5 65 65. 'llhesprings G4 ol' theretorndevers are the eirhaiistei'l channel may he brought into i stronger than the springs 47 in. order that as use. l have illustrated fthe' mechanism for soon the Wing-Glam has cleared the rear end accomplishing this result from Figs. ll, ,l il, di. a forcer the lioillfer may lio given sullicient 13, and 1,4. Relrring to these Figiirrs, 7.5"5 momentum to return to its normal 'position are a plurality o1 levers Vivoted at 76 to allude icc against the tension oi the spring 47. The project-ing from a sulla )le portion of the nnends of the plates 65 65 are each guided in` derside ol' theiraine. The inner end of each Ways 6G in the lower ends of the brackets ol these levers loosenr engages the upper-end 207, tlirougl'i which they projoet into. recesses of one of the rods 3S. The forward end of 4o in the brackets, where they engage heads 67 each, of the levers 75 carries a dog 77, which :o5 of the set-sorews 68, mounted in the recesses. is adapted to engage 'the notchesuon the uo- ,y mea-ns of these screws the plates may be per surface of the plate 7S, these notches -bemoved a. greater or less distance away from ing out such a distance apa-rt that by moving the levers 25, and in. this way the tension of a level so that i ls dog will move from onev 45 the spring 64 may he Varied as desired. notch to the next lherod .'58, to whioli the l U 69 'is a har vmounted upon the cross-brace particular lever moved it attaicl'xed, will lio 04,; on which are inonn ted o. series ol. foroermoved from o position below one ol lille looks guides 70, one'for each forcer. llelferahly to an operativo position holovy an mliaoent and as shown the .sides of the liar' G( are unlocl, and the lool: under which the rod stands 5o dercut to form projecting shoulders 71, and will be the lock which will no operated upon 1 r5- the guides 7() are each provided with in by the depressiono the keV which actuales wardly-extending projections '72, which are 'the rod which has been inoved. ln lh@ forni adapted to tal'e under the shoulders '7l and of Construction l have shown three ohannols limit the movement ol: the guides. may he operated by one liev hv shillingthe 155 73 represents springs located between the key-rod inthe manner descrilitil; vlmtfiliis to ne top of the loer 69 and the under sideaof the be of course umlerstood that this ifiunilier guides 7l?, which vsupport the guides` '.70 in inaybeinadolnoreorless, "oord desirable., their raised position and yet permit them to Mounted on the driving-slml`t .il is a lievelyield to pressure. gear 714,1neshingwillialievel-gear7:,n1ount-- 6o 74 represents plates secured tothe sides of' ed on a counter-shaft Sl). The shalt Sl)oer;l.z,: the here 69. These plates are provided on ries on its front ond a disk 81, and proieetine n their inner faces with a series of transverse from the face of the disk is a Wristlpin 82: grooves which form Ways for the foroei- 83 is ahi-ill-ri'enlr lover wliioli is pivote-:lveffiA -llidesA to more in, whereby the guides are 84 lo the 'frame of' the maohine. Coiniooled rypre'veaterl romheeomins laterally'displaoefl. to the hellwranlq leverftffit 551i is aeonneoe :3o

'.ingfme 86,' thflaer and of what is Contact 'ed to the wrist-pin 82. Pvoted to the other amici-'the bell-crank lever at 87 isthe conmeeting-'rod 8.8, the .other end of this connect- 'iss-TO l drivers 90. '91 designates the other typebeing pivoted at 89 to oneof the typedriver Aof identical construction to the t pe- `driver 90, but arranged oppositely, and t ese two drivers are connected together by the 1 93 is `the guide for the type-drivers, which bar 92, s that they will move together.

xf'isc'omppsed of a lono'itudinallyslotted bar e front'face o which are secured the plates 95 by' screws ora'ny other suitable means` whereb voverhanging shoulders are formed. The ar 92 is 'of a width equal to I the distance betweenthe edges ofthe plates I sired.wav .it-being entirely immaterial as far,

as the A 'concernezslA what is done with the type after 95 and' travels betweenthese inner edges 'Secured to the rear sidel of ,the bar 92v 1s a block. 96 of the saine width as'the width of the slot formed in the bai' 94. By this means the bar 92 is positively held in position between `the ways. Between the raceways 28,1 provide a entrally-located channel`97, into which tl pe are forced and assembled, the type heine' arterward'handled in any Ce- ,ject-niatter of this application is they are set up. It will be seen that this cene `tralljf located channel divides the setting mechanism into two identical halves and that the type are swept along theraceways by the drivers from each side of the machine to the centralychannel. 4

98 represents' a pair of friction-bars, one

llocated over each raceway, and between whichy and the raceway the t pe are forced by the ejectors and then carried to the central channel by the drivers. The friction- *bars 08 have a rear beveled edge 99,-which vvfuides the type into the opening between the riction-bar and the raccway. l

160 160 are a pair of posts, there being one air for each friction-bar, the posts being ocated at the ends of each bar. Each post is horizontally slotted on its rear side, and engaging these slots are the ends ofthe levers 101, fast on the shafts 102 v102,-tlie shafts 102 being supported in suitable bearings secured to the frame of the machine.

103 1'03 are rearwaidlyprojecting arms secured to the shafts 102, and connected to thesearms 103 are 'the springs 104, the other ends ofthe s rings being connected vto a suitable part o the frame.r The ,springs normally-hold the ,frictionlbars depressed.

105105 are two levers, one secured to each lshaft 102, which* preferably and as shown stand-n from about the center of each'shaft.

."Eaclrro these levers is provided with afpin 106.1iear its eirtieinity.l

l 107,107 designate two pairs of arms, which are secured to the shafts 108, and extending between fthese arms isa plate 109,l provided 1 14 on their under side at theputer ends, the

ldescribed when .any forcer is "actuated the witha series of .set-screws 110, one of these vset-screws being provided foreach of the forcer-blades.

111 designates set-screws which are adapted to beset up against the screws 110 andV hold them in their adjusted position. Secured to the shafts 108, inline with the arms 105, are the arms 112, and pivoted tothese arms are the hooks 1 13, provided with notches notches being adapted to takeover and engage the pins 106, carried bythe arms 105, the notches 114 being somewhat longer than the diameter orf the pms 106.

..115 is a cam-surface, which is on the upper surface of each of the forcers. These carnsurfaces are of a height proportional to the thickness ofthe type for which the particular forcer is used. j i f It will be seen that by the construction just arin 107 will \be lifted and through the shaft' 108 will rock the arm 112, drawing back the Vhook 113, which throu hthe pin 106 and arm 105 will rock the s aft102, which will raise the arm 101 and through this arm the friction-bar 9S a distance slightly less than the thickness of the t pe to b'e ejected, so thatthe friction-bar w' l exert friction on the type while it is being ejected onto the raceway. The cam-surface 115 has an ascending portion, and immediately following the as ltering the raceway should advance a certain '11o distance and no farther. ,They shouldadvance as far asl the forcers press them, but

there they should stop. In orderto insurev this result, the vpressure of the friction-bar yis increased just before the forcerinishes its stroke'. vThis increase of pressure is accom'- plished by the descending portion of the cani 1 15.y While thevpoint 110 is ascending the cam A115, the hook 113 is drawing and, holding the friction-bar up. .Als soon as tliepnint 12o 110 .be `ns to descend. the descending portion of t e cani,-the hook 113 willrideforward on the pin 106, which' action is permitted because the notch 114- is longer than, the di.- i ameter of the pin. ,',This will release 125 partswhich have raised the friction-bariand allow the spring 10,4 to. exert its full pressure E upon the friction-bar and upon the ty e, stO

ing the type/in t e positionto w 'chi ei' 'orcers have/.force them'and in place tobegaaq' v45 beiow i 2%@ represente pcf oi spring-pressed iricf ticfeepictec which are mounted iii the seme sitio of the ciicrmel ce the plates INS, of! cicerly chown in Fig. 23. The friction 5 piotes i5@ ere preferably provided with e curyofceriagecc which is convex et the upper 'portieri oi the fece and conceive et the iowcr portieri. vThis curved bearing-fece is for the impose of preventing the bottom Azo type from felling when there are e, plurality oi type im tile chemiei, emi the curve of these fric/ce correo omis with the curve of the shutter citi@ oii t .c channel het the curve oi the ci the platee is of e siigiitly shorter rag diiecjtiicii the curve of the Shutter side of the cfiieimel. the edges of tlic receiving-clien- Ioel ioimcribetween the etctioiiery side 129 cmd the irietion-lfiietcs i230 were eriiliel, the bottom type citer it had peeceri t e center ci ce the irictioizecictee it@ would only be held by the irlctieii eetweeii the side oi' the type and the rile-tee, omi this friction ie in iioiii the type iii the channel, and

i to @mettiti icing fiction it is necessary e5 to cri-enge beei'ing-eces of the friction u 'e foe-t tiieir lower ende wili be necrer tire 'ctchpriery siec time. the Lipper ende. iiiirtiicmcre, it-is ficceeecry, because of the wieprccecr-iiee 1537 .reciprocating in this 3io ciicmici, to have the ende ci the channel sub- Stort.. ly in Eine, cori so the stationery side N9 ie given e slight convex curve, shown in Fig. Z5, whereby the lower end oi the chao nei ie eiiicctiy iieorcf the receiving end, ond in croc tiret titte iricticplctc may clamp the typ-e, ce is rieceseery, il construct the fric ticii-piiitee Wit-li 'o cori -cife bearing-ieee, the rcciius oit whose crm-fe ie eiigiitly lese than the rctiiue ci the curve of the etotionary side, so en. tire ,forcer cmi ci the iiction-plcte proficoee the stationary eide. The upper ciie of tiie rictioixqilctes crc mede convex, so

ltiiiey viii ree type into the cuti, my .:y portion oi' the i713, which is directly ei'ouidem '172, in order toiinsure the type cul'iicicritly im' out on the y rece? eye, eo tiri-it they will :liess down into time creeer-chilig-channel, I mount on the cenarci bracket cem-fecal plete i, which felici ree/ts on the irf'ner curls ie chown in Fig. 31. in the letter figure 1 rz ie shown on the left-hand side in the position which it mcy be left, end when c 55 in euch e position is swept to the essem him @kachel iiy the driver it will be moved I out *y its foo-t coming in contact with the cam-curfecc of the plete 181.

c Wili 'be seen from the foregoing descripcion that the chemie). in which the type are eeeembied is centrally located andthet the tygrecrc swept ciong on rocewcys on each ciclo of the channel to this centrally-located channel, the drivers by their reciprocetion 65' bringing the type aiterzioteiyrom cach side o the The Mogwai-'nc :ci 0.34:. the Lirwinglmft -3 iii such rcictimi ti @river-moving meci'icoieiii ti'mt tii egect c type reizen the :iriver for the 'the machine it 'which tiie tipe ie'i its cxtreme liiiiit of moifcr l the clizinnei, tiiic extremo limit o ment of the driver boing beyond type-channel, whereby it will be rie-em the?, e matter from what channel type oieci they will be ejected in iront oi' 'tiiciiriifU-rmi that side of the machine. l understood that this o` ration is repo' the other Side o1" the iwchzmism of chine in reverse.

From tle channel 97 the typo eired, be transferred lice by iiue to z able j ustiif'ying or o ther mcchimicir but as this iorms no peri of tii claimed in this application i will riot r sii i the Seme herein. i have iiii'iic cai tizi; fdrewings e. space-key which ce f: i c in vention described and cieimerl in tl @pi cation is concerned ic connected to oiocli of :i forcer, and this forcer rein-Mim cmi op to insert any Suitable @pcc iti'lc v ner ce lthe other eye om. ti iicyiir et i Wliie i hcw-'c described Win be the preferred foifri of irme course obvious that many cheri" stiutions might licn'icdetl; v ioiitde portie i' 'from the ,scope ci' my invention, cui. 1 it to be umlcrstooii that my ii ticlfn includes; cil. such subctitutioiie cmi c'tiii'ngcs.

izwiijg thus described my iri'veiiioii, wh :it @faim new, cnil desire to secure by Let teii Patent, is;W

i. in c type-setting machine, thc combi nation with a type-channel oi" :i forcer, merino lor maintaining pressure on the forcer to rive it m initial mo".fcri'ieiit, ii lock rcctra; 'iig tisc iuitici-movemcnt mechanism, me jor rcleasing the lock md menos independent of tlie iock for actuating the forcer after it has. been lgiven ite i mem.

2. in. e. type-setting, machine, the c imiiinotion with :i serio@ oi typoclienncis, of ries oz" i'orcere, means for maintaining pi sure on the iorccie to give then# im ici: movement, e ecricc of inocpciulr" ,Y for cach forcer, reiiti'ciniug the initial-Dio ment mechanical, und mesme for rele tiic locks.

S. In c type-getting mechanism, the combination with u series of type-cliermelo.y of o series of iorccrs, means for maintaining pressure on the iorcere to give them im initial movement, o series of independent locke, one 'for each forcer, restraining the initioldnovc 'ment mechanism, means for rcleasiiug: the locks,cnd means independent of thc ,locke 'for actuating the forcers citer th ey. hcw iicin,

'iven their initial movement.

4. in c typeeetti1ig machine, the combi screw-threaded plug 151. By means of the screw-threaded plug 151 the tension of the s ring 150 can be increased or diminished, as

.esired 152 is a plug projecting roin the side of the lever 140, against the top of which the block 149 rests. 153 is a screw passing through the end 1116 of the lever 142 and provided with a lock-nut 154, this screw engaging the lower side of the lug 152 to hold the same in cpntact with the block 149. By this construction itwill: be seen that should the type-depressor strike an obstruction the con-` nection between the levers .142. and 140 just described will allow a yield when the lever 142 is raised by the cam '144 and preventany breakage of the parts. f

In order toposition the type accurately. over the channel 97 in position tobel dee` presser1 by Athe'type-depr'essor and'preventl the 'salse freinv being carried too far bythe type'drivers, I have provided the ends of .the-

friction-bars with dogs -155 155. To accom. modate the dogs 155 and to support the ends of the friction-bars at the center of the machine, the' bars are lon 'tudinally slotted, and the bottom of the s ot at the extreme central ends ofthe bars is cut away for a short distance back from the ends to accommodate the heads of the dogs. The interior surfaces of. the vertical walls of the slotsl are provided with lon itudinal grooves 157 and 162, which are para lel to each other and vwith the frictionfa`ce of the bars. The grooves 157 are on the level 'of the bottom of the longitudinal slots in the friction-bars and the grooves 162 are locatedv above the vrooves'157. y l

The head 156 of each of the dogs 155 is provided with'a vertical slot 210 in its front face and has extending rearwardly freni the upper yprojecting lhook '212, which v'is of a heightrear side of thehead a 'plateZl 1 Thelower forward edge/of the-head has a doivnwardiy- 'somewhat lessthan the width of'the'fthinncst type, and the lower rear side of' the head is beveled off at 213 to allow the type to pass under thel head'.A and into contact with" the hook 212. The `sides of the, 'rearwardly-exU` tending portions 211 of the head slide 'freely in l? ways 157 .cut in theinterior surfacesofthe vert tionwbars 9 8. l are provided with nuts 163 tohnnt the down.

ofthe os ts 160 are-bored outtoreoeive plugs.: 164,W ich'fa're normallypressedoutward by. means vof thelsprin 's 165.#"Theplu s 164.

tical Walls of the friction-bars.

158 represents pins guided in waysormed in'the block'159, secured to the front face of the guide93. These project u from the "posts 160, and to the lower endsor the posts 160 the friction-bars are removably secured bylmeans of the feathers 161, carried'on the posts160 enga vinor the ways 162 in the fricu i b 'hebupper ends of the pins 158 yward movement of the pins. The lower endsv j.down".@gajnsligit1leface'of the raceways. f The heads of the dogs are arrangedfto abut one against the other, so thatuwhenr aty e strikes one ofthe hooks 212 it will move t e dog to which the hook is attached, as well as the op osite dog, to apositionwhere the inner face o the hook which is struck by a type will exactly register with the farther side of the type-receivin channel.` Thetypefdepressor 137 1s prefers lyformed of three fingers 167 The vtwo outside fingers reciprocate on eachf the center finger recip.

side of the dogs an rocates in the channel formed by the vertical slots 21() in the heads of the dogs, the slotlsbe ing opposite each other. B this constriic-` tion the type-depressor can epress thsitype Without disturbing the position of thedogs.

Iii the channel 98, in which the type are asf sembled, it is necessary to provide means for preventing the type from dropping to the ottoni' of the channel, and so, becoming tilted,'turned over, or disarranged. Preferably .I use the means which I willl new describe foraccomplishing this result. Pivoted ina recess in the. side ofthe channel is a shutter 168.

This shutter" is secured to a shaft 169 by ing lip or shoulder 172, the under surface pf L which is on the same level as the upper-sur-.fl face of the shutter when it is in its normal po-' f' sition.

two plates 173, veach provided with a shouldeljy 17 4 at their u er ends and' oppositel the shoulder 172.l e face of the shoulders 171 lare beveled, and' these yshoulders are of a; slightly greater length than the shoulder 172, so that theunder surface olf theseshoulders Pivoted at 166 in thewall of the.. `v channel/opposite the shutter-are mounted"l les is ona lower plane than the under surface off."

,vided near their uppelr ends with elongatedV slots 175, through w ch pass the guide-pins the shoulder 172. The plates '173 are pro-` 176 to guide thevplates as they move "back and forth. The u per ends of these plates are normally pressed fp 177. These plates ane alsloprovidedwith .a rearwardly-projectin lvp'ortion 178 to. giveV a long bearing-surface or the type/in the'race- Way. It will be clearl seen from thedetailed views when a type is creed into thechannel' bythe depressor the shoulder 174 will press `the' type under the shoulder 172, andl thus` .prevent the type from being lifted out of the channel by the shutter, the shutter being de.- pressed by the entering type. The channel on the shutter side is curved, as clearly indicated in 179, Fig. 26.

orward by means ofsprings IZO Roveri, by the tlrriere to Itiie centre channel.' i ne parte' ere so noeitioned tiet tne'tricticn here vQ8'normeilig? stenti. e distance from the racen/cys 28, Wiiicl'il is' si'i'iltly' ieee than. the thinnest type need.

lljre recents a, peirof shoes which are detecnel) connected to the drivers in e. manner iic'rbe hereinafter described. These Slices are io'rinesi by the netcom 117 endgtwo parallel vertic'elsiriee 118 11S. Tliebottoin 3.17 is thinner then the' thinnest t e used. The shoes `rest upon and trevei on t e rece- Wity 2S. The friction-ber is sii ported so to clear the bottom il? of trie shoes end stand between the sides 118 of the shoes. The sides 1.18 of the shoes ere provided with notches 119 on their upper edges adopted to be engaged by thefeet carried iiy the drivers, and 120 are plates which close the outer/end oi each of the notches. Hvoted to the type- (irivers 9G91 et i21 ere the feet 122. i These feet ere mede in. the forni most clearly eliovm in .iand ere provided with downwardlyprojecting lugs 128, which cre adapted to engege the notches 19 in the sides 118 oi the Shoe-s. 1M '124' ore springe Wound around the ivot 121': one end of eer/n of the s rinffs engaging a pin. 125 of the drivers 9G 9i and the other end engaging the feet 'i22 and con- ;tently tending to -force the feet into their tfertical poeition. L26 are Set-screws in the feet .122, which cre odzrjted to abut against projections 127, carried )y the drivers 9i., sind these screws limit the movement of the 'feet 122 and set the relation oi tire shoes to the type-channel. Bf this conetruction it will be Seen that shou d :t shoe 116 strike an obstructi on or strike a tvpe 'which is not 'fully e'ected, the feet 122 will move back against t e tension of the spring 124, raising the lug 123 of the foot out of the notcli'in the slice and reise the'siioe from the driver in the .manner most clearly shown in Fig. "i 7.

is projection on the fece of each oi the Slices 115, which is'inereiy for t. c por" pose of giving the shoe a, longer bearing-fece for the type when it is 7ceing carried' by rire slice along the recewirv to the channel 9 i'.

Located immediately in front of the typel cases and on top of each ,of tire i'ziceways 252, are thetype-guicle liars 129, there being one ofI these type-guide liars on each of the race- Ways. in the under side of these type-guide bers ere out e series` of notches 12), the notches beingI so cnt that when the guide 'bers trein position e notch will stand imniedietely in. front of the lower engl of eecli clin-ne nei of the type-cases, and these notches differ from one another iii iieigl'it and are of it, height siigiitiy greater than the thickness of 'tire type contained in tire type-channel iini nreriieteiy 'behind tin-:inotch which is intendedv .te "ce ejected through the notch. ,22' .i herve shown a. cross-section oi' one of in g.

in this View, the rem' side of erich of the notches the giiicle-brire is beveled oli, es shown in Fign 131, to ermee the type to pces ecsilycnsiogiy through tlielno'izclieii when they tre ejectefi by si` forcer. Preferably these guide-lmrs-ztrc removably secured in;y

oeition in the nimmer shown more particu- .erly in Figc. 2O sind 21,end, there shown, there ere e pair of brackets 132, extending out from the front of the nioclnne over each o1 the racewoys. These breckets are ro vided with arms 133, the outer end oi tseoe arms being grooveol :it 134- to receive -tlie re duced ends of the guide-bore.

135 aire springs )ivotcclet 13G to the brackcts, the ends'oit tireee springe beingr oder ted to be swung over the top oi: the guirlcme, citer the come here been inserted in the grooves 'in the arms 133 of the hrm-.kots :rnd iiokl the giiii'li'e-l :u's lirmly in position. in. Figs. 20 and 2i lu have shown in. full iinee these springs in tlic position they occupy ifiien. holding;f tile guide-bers in. piece and in dotted lines the position to which they ore swung when ilic guide-'ome` irre to lic rcinoved. ln Fig. 20 l have oleo shown in riot-teal lines the manner in which n. gniiwlmr ie lifted to remove tire sinne front lic nmchine.

Referring non to Figs. 4f, 23, und 2li, 137 indicates the type-ilopressor, which 'forcee tiro type into tlie control channel when. they orc delivered oli' the channel by thi-drivers The deprcssor 137 is carried on :t slide 138, guided in w oye which are ettcched izo 'the rear eirlc of the lier fili :it its center. Referring to Fig. 2, 208 is i block provided with e verticaal slot, 11161209 :irc two pluies secured to the block 20.2, one on each side and erich extending slight Y over tile control slot. thus ornied fitted tire ieimpcd slide 138, carrying the type-depress@ :it its lower emi and connected. its ripper cnil to the lever 140, pivoted on tire pivot 1-'11 which is mountefl in c bracket L15, secured to tlic cross-bor 30. 142 is :i second lever, also pivoted on tile pivot 141, cnil this lever carries the coni` roller 1/13, running on the com 14A-i, first on clic main eifeit 3, formed on the collare Q. The com 144 has two raised portions thereon, which :ire (lizimctricclly o J )seite erich other, whereby tire lever 14.4 wiii `e operated twice during every'rerolution of the elicit M5 is e spring, one emi of which is connected to the lever 142 end the other emi to a suitable bracket on the ironie of tiro machine, this spring .holding the controller M: 142 in contact with the com 144. of the icver M12-is profe piluly projected upward at 147, and this upwnjrl pro]eci;ion is bored :it 1f-18`to receive tire sliding bloc.; 149, which is hold in pos-iter. by the spring' 1.30, one cmi of this epringprei' 'ably passing into ilic inte rior of the block MQ, shown, cnil the other,

time@ giiiioiners; inidfae moet ci'ezrrlff sliofm tiicreo reati-ng against tile adjustable in. the guide IXO 

